Collar-fastener



(No Model.)

0. WATSOII.V COLLAR FASTENER.

No. 503,510. Patented Aug. 15, 1893.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ONEAL WATSON, OF ORAWFORDSVILLE, INDIANA.

COLLAR-FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 503,510, dated August 15, 1893.

Application iiled April 24, 1893. Serial No. 471,662. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, ONEAL VATSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Crawfordsville, in the county of Montgomery and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Collar-Fastener, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in horse-collar fasteners, and has for its object to simplify the construction and operation of such class of devices that are especially intended for fastening the upper parts of a collar, and wherein the use of attaching straps and analogous devices is wholly dispensed with, and that can be easily adjusted or unfastened by pressing the collar together, and whose strength and durability are increased.

With these and other objects inview, the invention consists of the construction and arrangement of the parts thereof as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawings: Figure l is a perspective view of a horse-collar in part, showing the improved device in connection therewith. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the parts of the fastener detached and separted.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the figures of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral l designates a permanently attached keeper, secured to one upper end of the collar and comprising a pair of eyes 2, formed at the free ends of said keeper and through which are passed rivets or other fastenings 3. Within the body of the keeper, which is substantially U shaped in form, are constructed oppositelysituated pairs of loops 4, that form engaging shoulders atthe points 5 at the rear thereof, and beyond the foremost pair of said loops 4 the body of the keeper is extendedin the form of a tongue 6, that is curved and adapted to enter a substantially U-shaped hasp 7, permanently secured to the opposite upper end of the collar by having the free ends thereof formed into eyes 8, through which are passed rivets 9. In the body of the said hasp at the opposite sides and in the front bar thereof are located loops or coils 10, that impart a resiliency to the said hasp, and thereby assist in the attaching and secu ring operation of the same. The free end of the hasp is properly curved downwardly to thereby produce a more firm engagement with either of the opposite pairs of loops or coils 4, of the keeper with which it is adapted to engage. The said coils or loops 4 are also intended to give the keeper sufficient spring or elasticity, and both the keeper and hasp arein tended to be made either of spring or annealed wire, and each is formed of one piece of the same. The two sets of coils 4 are so arranged that the collar may be let out the length of ai. inch, if desired; or, if it is found necessary, the number of the said coils may be increased, but a too loose adjustment is injurious to the horse as well as the collar.

It is impossible to break the fastener as herein constructed, and should the saine become misshaped it can be readily reformed by the use of pliers, which features are of great advantage; and itis obviously apparent that changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departinfrom the principle orsacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having described this invention, what is claimed as new is- The herein described improved collar-fastener, the same consisting of a U -shaped keeper having its terminals between its ends provided with upwardly-projecting coils arranged in oppositely situated pairs and beyond the same an extended tongue, and a hook of a similar shape having its terminals between their ends provided with coils to impart resiliency thereto and adapted at its outer transverse end to be engaged with said coils of the keeper, the said keeper and hook each being formed of a single piece of wire and adapted to be secured at their outer ends to the upper ends of a collar, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ONEAL IVATSON.

Witnesses:

JOHN R. Porre, JEFF STEWART. 

